Harness-buckle guard.



No'. 883,807. i PATENTED APRfV, 1908. v EL JUTRAS.

HARNESS BUCKLE GUARD. APJPLIOATION` P ILED AUG. 13, 1906.l RENEWBD FEB. 21,'1908.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

EVARISTE JUTRAS, 0F FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN OR TO ALFRED BEAU CHEMIN, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

HARNESS-BUCKLE GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April '7, 1908.

Application filed August 13, 1906, Serial No. 330,419. Renewed February21, 1908. Serial No. 417,086.

To all whom it 'may concern:

` Be it known that l, EvARIsTE JUTRAs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckle Guards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to harness buckle guards. A

The object of the present invention is the provision of an improved guard for harness buckles which will protect the buckle and prevent the horses tail or other object from catching on the buckle without being in any manner uncomfortable to the animal, and also prevent the buckle pin from breaking and splitting the leather.

The invention is set forth fully hereinafter and its novel features are recited in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a side view; Fig. 2, a top view; Fig. 3, a bottom view; and Fig. 4, a longitudinal section,

The buckle 1 is of ordinary construction and is secured to the end of stra 2, while strap 3 is held by the tongue 4 of t e buckle.

The guard consists of a cast or wrought plate 10 of general arched form having a smooth back, and a slot or opening 11 at one end for the passage of strap 3. The plate is cut out or recessed at its other end 12, forming downwardly extending lugs which lie on either side of the strap 3 but vdo not project below it. A seat 13 1s formed adjacent to said recess 12 and an integral rivet lug 14 depends from said seat. A locking plate or tongue 15 which is riveted to seat 13 by lug 14, projects longitudinally underneath the guard and is provided with a perforation 16 to receive the tongue 4 of the buckle, the cross-piece of the buckle being received between the locking plate 15 and the guard 10.

The guard is hollowed or dished underneath and is adapted to receive the buckle, while the strap is held against lateral displacement by the slot 11 and the lugs at each side of the recess 12.

4 The locking plate l5 prevents relative lateral displacement of the buckle and guard and also prevents the buckle from shifting longitudinally of the guard, although it permits easy detachment of the guard. This is effected by first pulling the free end of the' having a slot through one end and a recess in' the other end, and a tongue one end of which is secured to the underside of said plate adjacent to said recess, the free end of said tongue extending toward the slot and containing a perforation.

2. A buckle guard consisting of an arched plate having a slot through one end and downwardly extending lugs at the other end, and a tongue having one end secured to the underside of the plate midway between said lugs, the free end of said tongue extending toward said slot and containing a perforation.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EVARISTE JUTRAS.

Witnesses:

AREA N. LINCOLN, EDMUND DOMINGUE. 

